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On Apr 10, 3:12 am, The Iron Boot <
andrea_freibo...@live.com> wrote:
> Though millions gaze at him as The One,Obamastruck me as shady as
> Clinton was slick and Bush was dumb. Until recently, however, I would
> have regarded him as no worse than a weasel, a common creature in
> politics. But,Obama’srecent reneging on his promise to Armenians
> makes him nothing less than–there is no other word–a piece of scum. I
> understand the realpolitik considerations of American politicians
> who’ve avoided the issue of the Armenian genocide. Morally
> dishonorable but politically sound as Turkey has been an important
> ally.
>
> But, when a man brings our attention to an issue as tragic as the
> Armenian genocide, makes a promise to the victim group, and stakes his
> moral worth on the promise, it becomes something more than a
> political issue. It becomes a moral, even a spiritual, issue. And, the
> Armenian tragedy wasn’t just another historical event but one
> involving the deaths of perhaps 1.5 million people. A promise staked
> on genocide must be followed through. Even for politicians, not
> everything is politics.Obamacould have chosen to ignore the Armenian
> genocide during his campaign like all the other candidates. But, he
> raised our consciousness and the hopes of the Armenian community as if
> to suggest that he’s a different kind of leader–not just a politician
> after power but a man of high moral & spiritual principles. And,
> nothing is more serious in history than genocide. It’s one thing to
> promise and then renege on tax cuts or spending on highspeed trains.
> Genocide as a topic or issue should transcend politics.
> Yet,Obamais exactly the sort who will even use genocide as a
> political stunt to win plaudits, admiration, and votes, and then
> thoughtlessly turn his back for political expediency. Nothing is
> sacred to this guy except his own fame and glory. His spews words
> like he prints money. It’s all inflated rhetoric or value. Obamais
> both shameless and self-righteous, a toxic mix. He’s an opportunistic
> huckster whose ego is such that he really thinks his lies are true if
> spoken pompously or eloquently enough.
>
> Equally shameful is the lack of media outrage on this matter–and this
> includes the conservative media, which with its mindless pro-Zionism,
> is sighing with relief thatObamahasn’t alienated Turkey, a key ally
> of Israel. (To be fair, conservative media did raise a little fuss but
> dropped it like a hot potato soon enough, going back to their usually
> inane hysteria about the Muslim world about to conquer America!
> Attention to conservatives: Muslims did not bringObamato power. Get
> it through your thick skulls.Obama’ssucking up to Muslims has little
> to do with appeasing Muslims. It is merely another attempt to pacify
> the Middle East for the benefit of Israel after the aggressive Bush
> Doctrine has failed.)
> As long asObamakeeps his promise to Israel and the Jewish community,
> who cares about Armenian people, their tragedy, or their feelings of
> betrayal, right? Maybe, Armenians are not special or worthy enough.
> Their historical suffering is only worth exploiting as a campaign
> stunt. It would be nice if Jews, who also suffered a great genocide,
> would use their considerable media muscle to shameObamaon account of
> his disgraceful manipulations. But, since most Jews invested so much
> time, energy, money, and hope inObama, why jeopardize their
> investment on account of silly little Armenians?
> Jewish supporters ofObamahave lost the moral authority to preach
> about the Holocaust. If liberal Jews can support with a clear
> conscience a man who glibly exploits a great historical tragedy as a
> cheap campaign stunt, they should be examining their own sick souls,
> not preaching to us about their own historical suffering.
> Again, realpolitik considerations for not recognizing the Armenian
> genocide is understandable even if cold and amoral. But, when one
> voluntarily and righteously makes genocide an issue and stakes his
> moral superiority on it, he must follow through. There are promises
> and then there are Promises. You don’t make a big stink about genocide
> and then wipe it off your shoe like dogshit and walk away to win
> adulation from people who kicked the dog. Many people vehemently
> disagreed with Bush’s stem cell policy, but as Bush staked his
> position on moral and spiritual grounds–as a matter beyond politics–,
> people grudgingly respected his ‘stubbornness.’ But, everything is
> political withObama, even genocide.
>
> Obamadoesn’t serve history, history servesObama. So, this is what
> makes Michelle finally so proud to be an American? And, this is why
> liberals swoon and wet their pants over this guy? Because he treats
> the Armenian genocide like a pimp treats his girls?Obamaobviously
> thinks he’s bigger than history and humanity which only exist to be
> manipulated to serve his ego, glory, popularity. And, we have enough
> fools to oblige his whims at every turn, because, oh my, he looks like
> a ‘rock star’.
>
> Make no mistake about it.Obamais scum and no other word will do.
> Anyone who politicizes a great tragedy of the 20th century for short-
> term political gain is scum. Anyone who does it so easily, smoothly,
> and glibly is a liar and swindler. But,Obamaknows he can do things
> like this because the liberal media will watch his back and protect
> him. Following revelations about Rev. Wright, he learned he could
> just make a ridiculous speech–evasive and half-baked–yet be praised as
> an equal of Lincoln and Kennedy by the media, his defacto publicity
> agents in the media. So, who cares if he merely used and disabused the
> Armenians? True, the media did cover the story but only in a
> perfunctory and muted manner. There was no widespread expression of
> media outrage, as when Reagan unwittingly visited Bitburg cemetery
> where SS officers were buried, which forced the White House to express
> remorse. So, why is there so little media outcry aboutObama’sfar
> more disgraceful act–a shameless, calculating, and willful
> exploitation of genocide? Obamamust be the most brazenly cowardly
> politician in my lifetime.
>
> Unfortunately, people in the media don’t seem to think all genocides
> are equal. As the Holocaust issue advantages Jewish power and Israel,
> it is played up to the hilt 24/7. We are endlessly informed about
> those evil Muslims and Arabs unwilling to acknowledge the full extent
> of the Holocaust or Israel’s right to exist? But, if the Armenian
> genocide gets in the way of Turkish-American or Israeli-Turkish
> relations so crucial to Zionist interests, it must take the backseat
> on the bus.Obama, on his own volition, promised Armenians and all of
> humanity that he would welcome Armenians to the front of the bus.
> Alas, it was just a stunt..Obamainsisted that he still believes what
> he said during the campaign, but he must be suffering from amnesia.
> Recently, ‘genocide’ morphed into a vague-sounding ‘terrible’. An
> historical crime suddenly became a mere historical accident. In
> Turkey, he sounded like just another crooked Ivy League lawyer trying
> to have it both ways. And, the media will not push him to clarify his
> positions. It’s as thoughObamaand the media are taking their cues
> from the Saul Alinsky book. Obama’sdiplomatic actions in Turkey
> would be perfectly understandable had he not made the promise to the
> Armenian community and paraded his moral superiority. The fact is he
> excited a lot of people with his spiritualist and morally transforming
> image–with full backing of the liberal media–, so it does matter if
> he’s now acting like just another lawyer politician. It meansObamais
> worse than a politician. He’s charlatan, and his followers are
> mindless members of a personality cult. Obama, for all his anti-
> capitalist rhetoric, is a salesman who’s used to selling his image
> with a gentle fist bump and a smile. Knowing that the liberal white
> community has long been desperate for a smart black guy with a clean-
> cut and crisp image,Obamamastered the art of selling himself. He’s
> the Avon Lady of politics. He sold himself to Rezko and Arab-American
> businessmen on the South Side and then he found richer and more
> powerful Jewish patrons. He’s lower than a pimp; he’s a gigolo, who
> will sell himself to whatever and whomever will boost his cult and
> image at any given time. So, in front of the Armenian community, he’s
> Mr. Genocide Awareness. In Turkey, he’s Mr. Genocide Forgetfulness.
> With Arab-Americans, he’s a friend of Palestinians. With Jews, he’s a
> friend of Israel. With Acorn and blacks, he’s a big government
> liberal. With Wall Street, he’s Mr. Corporate Welfare. But, all said
> and done,Obamais most loyal to those who have money and power. The
> people who gave him the bulk of the $750 million he raked in. The
> people with control of the media. He’s the most expensive Avon Lady
> but he can be bought.
>
> It’s not justObamawho’s rotten to the core. His handlers probably
> told him that he cannot sacrifice good relations with Turkey(so
> crucial to Israel) to placate those pesky Armenians.Obamaand blacks
> make a big deal of American slavery, and Jews have turned into
> Holocaust in a universal issue and cause. They insist that recognition
> of black suffering and Jewish mass murder goes beyond politics and
> compromise. Yet, neitherObama–and his black supporters–nor Rahm
> Emmanuel and David Axelrod seem to have any qualms about having used
> the Armenian genocide as a mere campaign napkin to wipe and discard at
> a fast food joint. The media is mostly praisingObamafor wooing the